Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy, recently acknowledged as one of America’s seminal playwrights, was a play written during the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. It represented a radical departure from the naturalistic theater of the time and
provided performance opportunities for a long list of actors who became the iconic talents of the decades that followed. Readings of excerpts of this groundbreaking work is presented at Harlem Stage, interspersed with conversation moderated by Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Curator-in-Residence Carl Hancock Rux, providing further context on the impact of the work and its relationship to the Black Arts Movement. Featuring discussants Woodie King, Jr., and Jonathan McCrory, and Tony Award-winning actress Trezana Beverley, and actors Stephanie Berry, Toussaint Jeanlouis, and Shayvawn Webster.
